Wednesday - October 19, 2011

Hang Them Harder

The “House of Horrors” story continues to evolve. It seems like every 4 hours there’s a new piece of news; the depravity gets worse and worse.

Tuesday 10:23pm
PHILADELPHIA - Fox 29 has learned six children are in protective custody in the Philadelphia house of horrors case, and there may be more houses in the case.

The children were taken into custody by police on Monday night, and they are children of the suspects and one of the victims found in a dungeon basement last Saturday.

Two of the children belong to Tamara Breeden, who was found in the dungeon basement.

Also, the niece of one of Linda Weston, the alleged ring leader in the case, was found living in squalid conditions in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. The niece is 19 years old, appeared to be beaten and malnourished.

Philadelphia police now have an SUV used to move around the group of mentally challenged people found locked up in a squalid basement, and they are looking for a larger van.

Police are digging deep into Weston’s past. They’re looking at her post office boxes, bank accounts and any properties she may be tied to. They hope is to find clues that lead them to any other victims out there.

Philadelphia police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says that from the depths of a basement dungeon has sprung a wide-sweeping investigation that now has him concerned about the welfare of 50 more potential victims.

Ramsey plans to form a new task force to track down each and every potential victim linked to Weston.

“Could there be victims who are no longer with us? I don’t know and I don’t want to alarm anyone who may have a relative that could be a part of this,” Ramsey said.

Commissioner Ramsey is also looking into another report from Weston’s own son who says he reported another possible kidnapping by his mother two years ago.

Wednesday 8:46am
PHILADELPHIA - More victims have been found in connection with that “house of horrors” case.

Police now say six children and four young adults, ranging in age from 2 to 19, are in protective custody, FOX 29’s Steve Keeley reported live Wednesday morning from police headquarters.

“It’s a very complicated case. It continues to unfold. This is another major step,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said Tuesday night.

The 10 young people all have ties to the case. Two of the children were born to Tamara Breeden, who is one of the four victims found locked inside the basement of an apartment building in Tacony.
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Police also found the niece of alleged ringleader Linda Ann Weston inside a home in Frankford. She had been reported missing since 2009.

“She is 19 years old. She appears to be severely malnourished. She looks like she’s been beaten a large part of her life,” Ramsey said.

Three of the children were taken from the same Longshore Avenue apartment building in Tacony where the four developmentally-disabled adults from a sub-basement “dungeon.”

Weston had a daughter and son living in the building. The daughter and two children, believed to be hers, were taken into custody.

Police aren’t even sure yet whether the daughter is a victim or a perpetrator at this point.

Walking into work Wednesday morning, Ramsey said, “When I left last night, that decision had not been made. But we hade DAs present at the time. So, they will determine whether or not there’s anything that she could be charged with, or she’s just a victim herself.”

Police did not divulge exactly where the other young people were found, including whether they were at one or more houses. They also were not commenting on what the conditions were like.

A special task force has been created to follow-up on numerous leads that are coming in from across the country.

Philadelphia police seized a Ford expedition with a Florida license plate found Tuesday in the city. Investigators believe this is the vehicle Weston allegedly used to haul the adults victims across the country from Texas to Florida, and then here to Philadelphia.

Records also indicate that Weston spent time in Virginia and North Carolina.

Police allege that all of this is part of a Social Security check-cashing scheme in which the suspects, including Weston, who is a convicted felon, can aquire checks for other people with no identification and cash them for years and years.

Asked if the case highlights flaws in the system, Ramsey said, “Well, yeah, I mean obviously I think it shouldn’t have been allowed to happen. She used her own name in many instances.”

Wednesday 9:23am
PHILADELPHIA - Sources tell Fox 29 that Tamara Breeden, a woman allegedly held captive in a Philadelphia basement, gave birth to two children after she went missing.
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On Wednesday, Philadelphia police also charged a fourth suspect in the case.

Jean McIntosh is being charge as a co-conspirator to the kidnapping of all four victims. She is the daughter of Linda Weston, who is believed to be the ring leader in the case.

Weston and McIntosh are also being investigated with the abuse and kidnapping of a family member, Beatrice Weston. Beatrice Weston, 19, is still being interviewed but has significant facial bruising and scarring.

Who knows how many more members of this psycho family will be arrested by noon, or how many more victims will be found, or what will turn up when the investigation gets rolling in Texas and Florida, and now Virginia and North Carolina. It’s looking like this gang had several vehicles, perhaps a small fleet, and moved from place to place with their flock of prisoners. I hate to say it, but at some point the bodies will start being found; I’m certain that murder or “accidental death” was part of this as well ... and will explain the whereabouts of some of those 50 others.

Another part that rather stuns me is how welfare, Social Security, etc continued to issue checks for all these missing people for years, and nobody anywhere in any law enforcement group ever found this information. Don’t forget that this entire case came in out of the blue when the first building’s landlord investigated a strange noise in the basement. (and you’d think the aroma would have tipped him off a bit too, yes?) The cops and the feds DID NOT HAVE A CLUE that any of this was going on, yet the government has all sorts of interconnected databases, and in theory a new edict (Patriot Act) of cooperation. Hey authority figures: how about running the Missing Persons database against the Welfare Checks database and the Social Security Checks database? You might just find that vast numbers of these lost people aren’t really so lost after all. They’re “merely” prisoners held by depraved psychopaths. I am really starting to worry that this group of three four - um, what time is it, maybe it’s a dozen by now? - is just the tip of the iceberg and that a whole network of dungeons exists across the country. That’s a really scary thought.

Posted by Drew458     on 10/19/2011 at 08:28 AM   
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